| 摘要 |
<p>The present invention relates to methods of treating a vertebrate, particularly a mammal and more particularly murine or human patient, suffering from one or more viral infections, or a cell line infected with one or more viral infections, said viral infections including but not limited to the infections of the following viruses: hepatitis C, HIV, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis G, or hepatitis H, by administering to said patient infected with at least one of virus at least one statin or statin-like compound determined to have anti-viral activity according to the present invention, said anti-viral statin or statin-like compound being selected from the group consisting of: mevastatin, lovastatin, pravastatin, simvastatin, and the compounds disclosed in U.S. Patents Nos. 4,346,227, 4,448,979, 4,739,073, 5,273,995, 5,169,857, 5,006,530, and 5,401,746.</p> |
